Unit 8: Solving Linear Equations

Pending Events: Quiz Thursday, 3/26


Tuesday, March 24, 2009

We began class with this warm-up activity- find your name, and do the problems listed for today without a calculator. If you finish early, go to the Run Some Laps link at left, and work on your favorite activity.

We took some notes on the properties of equality. We discussed our two vocabulary words: linear equation and properties of equality. This is the virtual manipulative website we used.

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

We began class by going over homework and listing out the four steps to solve linear equations. We used this website to further explore the properties of equality.

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Thursday, March 26, 2009

We began class by going over homework and then we took the equation solving quiz. It used the links from the previous two homework assignments. After the quiz, we used the two websites to explore how to solve equations like 8x - 9 = 3x + 16.

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  • Explore how to solve equations like 8x - 9 = 3x + 16. Come to class prepared to discuss one thing you tried.